Posted on 10/07/2023 9:29:23 AM PDT by RandFan
As a co-founder of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, Representative Jim Jordan, Republican of Ohio, once antagonized his party’s leadership so mercilessly that former Speaker John A. Boehner, whom he helped chase from his position, branded him a “legislative terrorist.”
Less than a decade later, Mr. Jordan — a fast-talking Republican often seen sans jacket, known for his hard-line stances and aggressive tactics — is now one of two leading candidates to claim the very speakership whose occupants he once tormented.
Mr. Jordan’s journey from the fringe of Republican politics to its epicenter on Capitol Hill is a testament to how sharply his party has veered to the right in recent years, and how thoroughly it has adopted his pugilistic style.
Those forces played a pivotal role in the downfall of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy last week, though Mr. Jordan, once a thorn in his side, had since allied himself with Mr. McCarthy, a California Republican. Now, the same dynamics have placed Mr. Jordan in a position to win the post that is second in line to the presidency, a notion that is mind-blowing to many establishment Republicans who have tracked his career.
“That notion that he could go from ‘legislative terrorist’ to speaker of the House is just insane,” said Mike Ricci, a former aide to both Mr. Boehner and Speaker Paul D. Ryan, Republican of Wisconsin. “Jordan is an outsider, but he’s very much done the work of an insider to get to this moment. Keeping that balance is what will determine whether he will win, and what kind of speaker he will be.”
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No bias in that article. /s
Geez Louise.
Unlike any Democrat, who, according to the Slimes, are never anything other than perfectly reasonable.
Once Jordan is confirmed, how about a nice drug test for Mad Man Matt?
With Israel under attack I think we need more “Hard-Liners” in this world NYT.
Hard liner?!
Last I saw of Jim jordan was yesterday mumbling and stuttering about committees.
Pshaw.
Now, for balance, they need a nice, fair article on how Hakeem Jeffries is a Communist.
“Hard-liner”
How Soviet of them.
If only
This guy must have sold his soul to Satan to have been working for these two.
They neglect to mention that a big part of the dynamics “that have placed Mr. Jordan in a position to win the post that is second in line to the presidency” were mostly the result of Democrat support to oust him.
“to oust him.”
Correction: to oust McCarthy.
A lot of people sure are getting their panties all bunched up tight since the ouster of swamprat McCarthy.
Ha, ha, the NYTimes, aka., the Deep State’s house organ. Pffft...
Tossing Kevin has really exposed a lot. The rats put up Pelosi as speaker and you cannot get much more radical the times demands squishes like Kevin for the R’s.
“Mike Ricci”
Sounds like an anti-American fascist.
Oh about the GOP-e slime machine realize that the same rules they demand for everyone else applies to them?
You need their votes in Congress you idiots. Acting like petulant children because you lost a vote is an automatic fail tactics in US Politics.
Really?
Post a source.
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This article ticks one box.
If Jordan is disliked or even hated by enough of the media, most if not all of the Democrats, all of the Uniparty and the vast majority of the bureaucrats, I think he will make a fine Speaker.
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